80% of succes is showing up. The rest is doing the work and asking questions.
Asking the right questions will get you a lot further.
In General: Ask the dumb questions everybody else is afraid to ask. Ask questions that tell stories
Tel me about the day …
Tell me the story of…
Tell me about the time when…
What where the steps that got you …
And follow-up questions:
How did that make you feel
Could you explain this a bit more
What did you learn from that
In hind-sight, would you do this again … and why